Variations on The Bear Went Over the Mountain with Brass Quintet

Variations on The Bear Went Over the Mountain with Brass Quintet

Variations on The Bear Went Over the Mountain - Solo for Tuba with Brass Quintet. Two Cornets (or Trumpets), One Horn (Eb or F), One Trombone (C or Bb), and Tuba Soloist (Eb or C)

Playing level : Grade 8

Vail's set of Variations on the Bear Went Over the Mountain are a playful set of four Variations, following a cadenza opening, and a lively 7/8 theme. The work is idiomatically written for Eb Bass, or F Tuba, and allows the soloist to show off their full register, technical flourish, lyrical phrasing, and of course, musical style.